Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

GLC02437.00607

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
1 June 1777
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Lucy Knox
Place Written
New Jersey
Pagination
1 p. : address Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Written in Camp Middlebrook. Writes, "I am well and love you infinitely." Complains of the heat, hoping he has hinted enough so that Lucy will send his summer clothes. Mentions a skirmish with the enemy 31 May in which ten men were "cut to pieces."

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